Publications

October 1996 (Revised December 2022)
Case

Chiquita Brands International (A)

By: Debora L. Spar and Terence Mulligan

When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches its sales and net income plummet. The policy, Council Regulation (EEC 404/93), uses a new tariff and quota... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Government and Politics; Policy; Market Design; Fairness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; European Union

August 1996
Article

Egocentric Interpretations of Fairness in Asymmetric, Environmental Social Dilemmas: Explaining Harvesting Behavior and the Role of Communication

By: K. A. Wade-Benzoni, A. E. Tenbrunsel and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Behavior; Communication

Article

Fair Siting Procedures - An Empirical Analysis of Their Importance and Characteristics

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Bruno S. Frey

May 1996
Case

First Capital Holdings Corp.

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo

The manager of a money-management firm considers whether to invest in the securities of a large, financially troubled, California-based life insurance holding company that holds 40% of its assets in high-yield junk bonds. Over the past year, the value of its portfolio... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Debt Securities; Bonds; Valuation; Investment Return; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Institutions; Insurance Industry

November 1995 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and James Weber

A cross-functional team at Massachusetts General Hospital tries to reengineer the service delivery process (the "care path") for heart bypass surgery (CABG) in order to shorten hospital stays (and lower costs) while maintaining/enhancing the quality of care provided. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Product Positioning; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Customer Satisfaction; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Fair Value Accounting; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

July 1995
Background Note

Managerial Duties and Business Law

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Consists of excerpts from Principles of Corporate Governance, a set of legal guidelines that enumerates the principal duties of corporate managers and directors, including fiduciary duty, duty of care, and duty of fair dealing. Also addresses legal obligations relating... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Governance; Retention; Common Law; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles

1995
Chapter

The Role of Fairness Considerations and Relationships in a Judgment Perspective of Negotiation

By: M. H. Bazerman and M. A. Neale

Keywords: Fairness; Relationships; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution

spring 1995
Article

Mark-to-Market Accounting for Banks and Thrifts: Lessons from the Danish Experience

By: Victor L Bernard, Robert C. Merton and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Denmark

April 1995
Article

Perceptions of Fairness in Interpersonal and Individual Choice Situations

By: M. H. Bazerman, S. B. White and G. F. Loewenstein

Keywords: Perception; Fairness; Decision Choices and Conditions

February 1995
Teaching Note

Vanity Fair Mills: Market Response System TN

By: David E. Bell

Teaching Note for (9-593-111). View Details

Keywords: Production; Performance Efficiency; Investment; Agreements and Arrangements; Supply Chain; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution Channels; Apparel and Accessories Industry

September 1994 (Revised January 1997)
Case

This Case Sucks: Beavis, Butt-head, and TV Content (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Beginning in 1992, "Beavis and Butt-head," an animated series on MTV about two uncivilized teenaged misfits, became both a runaway popular sensation and the symbol of a heated national debate about violent and inappropriate programming on television. Especially after... View Details

Keywords: Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Animation Entertainment; Fairness; Governance Controls; Media; Outcome or Result; Social Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

1994
Chapter

Fairness in Decisions on Siting Noxious Facilities: Theory and Empirical Results

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Bruno S. Frey

1993
Chapter

Fairness, Social Comparison, and Irrationality

By: M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Fairness; Attitudes; Perception; Status and Position

Article

Considerations of Fairness and Strategy: Experimental Data from Sequential Games

By: V. Prasnikar and A. E. Roth

Keywords: Fairness; Strategy; Analytics and Data Science; Games, Gaming, and Gambling